Fixed income is a key component of a pension plan’s portfolio. What new options are emerging in the search for yield?
When it comes to handling institutional fixed income trade volume, RBC Capital Markets is leading the way, says Greenwich Associates in a recent report.
In a painting by Van Gogh, distortion is interesting. In the world of fixed income, a rearranged landscape is unsettling—especially when the interplay of policy and markets keeps changing the picture.
Russell Investments Canada Ltd. has launched the Russell Global Unconstrained Bond Pool.
iShares has launched a new exchange-traded fund.
It’s hard to pick up a newspaper without someone referencing the fact that many stock markets are at their all-time highs. The S&P 500 Index surpassed its previous record level of approximately 1,500 in 2013 and is near the 2,000 mark, while the Canadian stock market, the S&P TSX Composite Index, is trading well above 15,000. Sounds good, right?
The next big thing in fixed income is a break with tradition.
The Government of Canada has sold $1 billion in 50-year bonds.
Coverage of the 2014 Global Investment Conference
Gluskin Sheff + Associates has entered into an agreement to acquire the parent company of Blair Franklin Asset Management.